Information Exposure Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-CHROMIUMBROWSER-407868
- published 24 Apr 2017
- disclosed 24 Apr 2017
Introduced: 24 Apr 2017
CVE-2017-5040 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 chromium-browser to version 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-5040
- https://crbug.com/691323
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5040
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
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